Pool table in our basement

When I was growing up in Topeka we acquired a pool table in our basement. It was a very good one and when I was tall enough I learned to play. I was too short when we first got it. I do not know why we had one or where it came from. It was not a new one but in good condition. Later when I was in college and a USO hostess at the Topeka YMCA, you had to attend so many weekly festivities in order to attend the monthly dances at the Municipal Auditorium. I could play pool and could defeat the cavalry soldiers from FT. Riley. It was easier than dancing with them in their heavy boots. Helen was a hostess with me also but I don't know if she sused her pool ability or not.